Chechnya ‘Planning To Eliminate Gay People From Region By Late May’

President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov reportedly wants all LGBTI people to be “eliminated” from his Russian region in less than a month.

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Independent Russian media and human rights groups say at least 100 men have been detained and violently tortured because of their homosexuality in at least one secret prison in Chechnya in what has been described as a “purge”, with at least three men reportedly dead.

But many survivors who have fled the region have spoken to the New York Times, The Guardian and CNN about their horrific treatment while detained.

In a video by Human Rights First posted to Facebook, men from the Russian-Speaking American LGBT Association have appeared on camera to read personal accounts from survivors of the brutal violence in Chechnya.